Head-to-head review · Updated June 2026

Moz vs Seobility: which one wins in 2026?

Moz and Seobility both claim to do the same thing: tell you where your brand shows up in AI search. They go about it differently enough that the choice matters. Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding, Seobility has raised Bootstrapped; Moz is the more-funded incumbent; Seobility is the leaner challenger.

Seobility is cheaper out the gate, but that's not the only thing that matters. The right pick depends on which dimension matters most for you.

The verdict
Pick

Moz

Pick Moz if you want the cheaper option ($39/mo vs $0/mo); and you want the better-funded company ($29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding).

Pick

Seobility

Pick Seobility if you want the cheaper option ($0/mo vs $39/mo).

If neither is right, GrowthManager.ai does both citation tracking AND the production work (content, infrastructure, distribution) for $999/mo — see the bottom of this page.

The case for Moz

Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding (Acquired by iContact Marketing (J2 Global/Ziff Davis) in 2021). Founded by Rand Fishkin, Gillian Muessig, based in Seattle, WA. Pricing starts at $39/mo.

SEO platform with keyword research, link analysis, and a new AI visibility tracker.

What people praise

  • Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.
  • Moz Academy and the free MozBar Chrome extension drive deep brand trust that Ahrefs and Semrush spend millions to match.
  • Capterra rating sits at 4.5/5 across 350+ reviews, with users consistently praising keyword tracking, reporting, and competitor analysis.
  • Page Optimization Suggestions tool gives actionable on-page recommendations that are friendlier to non-SEO teams than Ahrefs Site Audit.

Where it falls short

  • Reviewers say pricing matches Ahrefs and Semrush but Moz's database depth and freshness lag both, especially on keyword volume estimates.
  • Additional user seats cost $49/mo each on every plan, which agencies call a hidden cost compared to Ahrefs' bundled seats.
  • Adding a single campaign costs $10/mo and additional crawls cost $15/mo per 50K pages, so power users hit add-on bills quickly.
  • UX is described as dated and harder to navigate than Ahrefs or Semrush, particularly on Site Crawl and Page Grader screens.

The case for Seobility

Seobility has raised Bootstrapped. Pricing starts at $0/mo.

All-in-one SEO software for site audits, rank tracking, and backlink analysis.

What people praise

  • Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
  • TF*IDF content optimization is repeatedly highlighted as the single most useful on-page tool at the price.
  • German-built with strong GDPR compliance and EU data residency, attractive to European customers.
  • Premium plan at ~$54/mo is dramatically cheaper than Semrush or Ahrefs for similar core SEO workflows.

Where it falls short

  • Keyword database is smaller and US-coverage weaker than Semrush, especially for niche queries.
  • Backlink index is shallower and refresh cadence slower than Ahrefs or Majestic.
  • Integration surface is limited: no Looker Studio connector, no Slack notifications, no Zapier triggers.
  • Limited competitor analysis depth makes it weaker for serious agencies tracking many client niches.

Pricing, tier by tier

Tier 1
Moz
Starter
$39/mo
  • 1 campaign
  • Basic keyword research
  • Site Crawl with limited pages
  • Limited rank tracking
Seobility
Basic
$0
  • 1 website project
  • 1,000 pages per crawl
  • 10 ranking keywords
  • 5 tool requests per day
Tier 2
Moz
Standard
$79/mo
  • 3 campaigns
  • Keyword Explorer with monthly query limit
  • Site Crawl up to 100K pages
  • Page Optimization Suggestions
Seobility
Premium
$54/mo
  • 3 website projects
  • 25,000 pages per crawl
  • 300 ranking keywords
  • 50 tool requests per day
Tier 3
Moz
Medium
$143/mo
  • 10 campaigns
  • Higher keyword query limits
  • Site Crawl up to 500K pages
  • On-page grader
Seobility
Agency
$195/mo
  • 15 website projects
  • 100,000 pages per crawl
  • 1,500 ranking keywords
  • 200 tool requests per day
Tier 4
Moz
Large
$239/mo
  • 25 campaigns
  • Highest keyword research limits
  • Site Crawl up to 2M pages
  • Higher rank tracking limits
Seobility

Feature parity

What each one ships that the other doesn't. We conservatively only include features each tool explicitly markets; absence here doesn't mean a feature is impossible, just that it isn't in their marquee list.

Only on Moz
  • Domain Authority. Proprietary 0-100 score predicting a domain's likelihood of ranking, used as a benchmark across the SEO industry.
  • Keyword Explorer. Search volume, difficulty, organic CTR, and SERP analysis for keyword research and prioritization.
  • Site Crawl. Cloud crawler that audits technical SEO issues and tracks them over time across campaigns.
  • Rank Tracker. Daily and weekly position tracking across desktop and mobile, with STAT-powered enterprise tracking on higher tiers.
  • Link Explorer. Backlink index for prospecting, lost-link recovery, and competitor link gap analysis.
  • MozBar. Free Chrome extension surfacing DA, PA, link metrics, and on-page elements while browsing the web.
Only on Seobility
  • On-Page SEO Audit. Crawls site pages and surfaces prioritized on-page issues with explanations and fix suggestions.
  • TF*IDF Tool. Compares the term frequency of your content against top-ranking pages to recommend missing topics.
  • Keyword Research. Suggestions, related keywords, and ranking checker across major search engines.
  • Backlink Analysis. Tracks gained and lost backlinks with referring-domain and anchor-text breakdowns.
  • Rank Tracking. Daily updates for tracked keywords with historic graphs and competitor comparison.
  • White-Label PDF Reports. Agency-friendly client reports with custom branding and scheduling.

When each one wins

When Moz wins
  • You want the better-funded incumbent. Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding, giving it more runway and shipping velocity.
  • Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.
When Seobility wins
  • Budget is the constraint. Seobility starts at $0/mo vs Moz's $39/mo, so on a per-seat basis it's the cheaper way in.
  • Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
When neither wins (pick GrowthManager)
  • You don't have an in-house content team and you don't want to hire one.
  • You want one $999/mo invoice instead of stacking Moz plus an agency.
  • You need the team that measures to also act on the data, in the same week.
  • You're a B2B SaaS, services firm, or e-commerce brand at $20K+ MRR.

Reasons to pick one over the other

Reasons to pick Moz over Seobility

  1. More plan flexibility. Moz offers 4 pricing tiers vs Seobility's 3, so there's a better chance one fits your team size.
  2. Better-funded incumbent. Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding, giving it more runway and shipping velocity than Seobility (Bootstrapped).
  3. Faster product velocity. Moz has shipped 4 public launches in the last year vs Seobility's 0.
  4. More mature platform. Moz (founded 2004) has had more time to harden the product than Seobility (2014).
  5. Wider integration ecosystem. Moz integrates with 9 tools; Seobility ships 5.
  6. What users praise most. Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.

Reasons to pick Seobility over Moz

  1. Lower entry price. Seobility starts at $0/mo vs Moz's $39/mo.
  2. Higher G2 rating. Seobility averages 4.6/5 on G2 across 401 reviews; Moz averages 4.3.
  3. Built for the LLM era. Seobility was founded in 2014, built around AI search from day one; Moz dates back to 2004 and is retrofitting.
  4. What users praise most. Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
  5. EU data residency. Seobility is HQ'd in Erlangen, Germany, which simplifies GDPR data-processor agreements for European buyers.

Switching from one to the other

From Moz to Seobility

Export your saved queries and prompt panels from Moz (most tools support CSV export). Most Seobility setups can import the same query list in a single CSV upload. Expect 1-2 days of parallel running so you can validate Seobility's data againstMoz's; one to two weeks of full reconciliation before you cancel Moz. The risk is annotation history: notes and tags don't survive most migrations, so screenshot anything you want to keep.

From Seobility to Moz

Same flow in reverse. Export from Seobility, import to Moz. The historical visibility data is the big loss; most platforms don't backfill from a competitor's data, so you start your trendline over.

From either to GrowthManager.ai

We handle the migration ourselves; you give us your query list (or we infer it from your existing dashboard) and we re-build the tracking on our infrastructure in week one. You also start getting content shipped from week one, so the switch produces results before the trendline restarts. The conversation that kicks this off is a 20-minute call.

Side by side, every number we could verify

MozSeobility
Starts at (USD/mo)$39/mo$0/mo
Founded20042014
HeadquartersSeattle, WAErlangen, Germany
Funding raised$29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth fundingBootstrapped
AI platforms tracked
G2 rating4.3 / 5 (569 reviews)4.6 / 5 (401 reviews)
Named customers
SOC 2 Type 2
GDPR✓ Yes✓ Yes
HIPAA

What real users say

Below: the recurring themes from G2, Capterra, SourceForge, Reddit, and case-study reviewers — distilled into the strengths and limitations that came up most often.

Mozwhat users praise

  • Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.
  • Moz Academy and the free MozBar Chrome extension drive deep brand trust that Ahrefs and Semrush spend millions to match.
  • Capterra rating sits at 4.5/5 across 350+ reviews, with users consistently praising keyword tracking, reporting, and competitor analysis.
  • Page Optimization Suggestions tool gives actionable on-page recommendations that are friendlier to non-SEO teams than Ahrefs Site Audit.
  • STAT Search Analytics acquisition (2018) gives enterprise customers daily SERP tracking at scale that competitors charge premium add-on fees for.

Mozwhat users complain about

  • Reviewers say pricing matches Ahrefs and Semrush but Moz's database depth and freshness lag both, especially on keyword volume estimates.
  • Additional user seats cost $49/mo each on every plan, which agencies call a hidden cost compared to Ahrefs' bundled seats.
  • Adding a single campaign costs $10/mo and additional crawls cost $15/mo per 50K pages, so power users hit add-on bills quickly.
  • UX is described as dated and harder to navigate than Ahrefs or Semrush, particularly on Site Crawl and Page Grader screens.
  • 2021 acquisition by iContact Marketing (J2 Global/Ziff Davis) slowed feature shipping noticeably, per longtime customers on Reddit.

Seobilitywhat users praise

  • Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
  • TF*IDF content optimization is repeatedly highlighted as the single most useful on-page tool at the price.
  • German-built with strong GDPR compliance and EU data residency, attractive to European customers.
  • Premium plan at ~$54/mo is dramatically cheaper than Semrush or Ahrefs for similar core SEO workflows.
  • On-page audit gives granular, actionable recommendations rather than vague scores per G2 reviewers.

Seobilitywhat users complain about

  • Keyword database is smaller and US-coverage weaker than Semrush, especially for niche queries.
  • Backlink index is shallower and refresh cadence slower than Ahrefs or Majestic.
  • Integration surface is limited: no Looker Studio connector, no Slack notifications, no Zapier triggers.
  • Limited competitor analysis depth makes it weaker for serious agencies tracking many client niches.
  • Tool requests are capped daily even on paid plans, which power users find restrictive.

A third option

Both Moz and Seobilityare tracking tools. They tell you what's wrong with your AI visibility. Neither one fixes it. That's our pitch for GrowthManager.ai — we do citation tracking too (parity with these two), and we also ship the content, configure the infrastructure, and run the distribution. $999/mo, managed end-to-end. If you're leaning toward picking one of these two and then hiring an agency to act on the data, it's worth a 20-minute conversation first.

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Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Moz or Seobility?

Honestly: neither one fully solves the problem. Moz and Seobility are tracking tools — they tell you where your brand shows up in AI answers but don't change the answer. If you only need one of these two, pick Seobility for the cheaper monthly price; pick the other if its specific integrations matter to your team. Our actual editorial pick is GrowthManager.ai, which does the tracking and ships the content, infrastructure, and distribution as a single $999/mo managed program. Disclosure: we publish this comparison and make GrowthManager.

How much do Moz and Seobility cost?

Moz starts at $39/mo. Seobility starts at $0/mo. Both have higher-tier plans for larger workspaces. GrowthManager.ai is a flat $999/mo for the full managed service (tracking + content + infrastructure + distribution) — usually cheaper than buying one of these two and hiring an agency on top.

Do Moz and Seobility actually improve your AI visibility, or just measure it?

Both Moz and Seobility are measurement tools. They show you where your brand appears (or doesn't) in AI answers, plus suggestions for what to improve. Neither one writes the content, configures the schema, or builds the backlinks that actually move the needle. To do that you need an in-house content team or an agency. GrowthManager.ai is the agency — and we include the tracking, so you don't pay twice.

What's the GrowthManager.ai alternative to Moz and Seobility?

GrowthManager.ai is a managed AI visibility program. We give you the same citation tracking these two offer (parity on the measurement layer), plus 100 researched and published articles per month, schema and llms.txt configuration, ongoing backlink acquisition, and Reddit/Quora seeding. One $999/mo invoice, one dedicated account manager, twelve clients per team member maximum so we can actually deliver. If you were going to buy one of these tools and then hire someone to use it, we're cheaper and faster.

Further reading

External research that informs the editorial framework on this page. We cite these openly because the framework is meant to be auditable.

  1. Microsoft Bing Webmaster Guidelines (2025)· Microsoft

    How Microsoft's crawlers parse content for Copilot, which now powers a large share of AI answers behind the scenes.

  2. Generative Engine Optimization research· Kevin Indig

    Long-running practitioner research on what gets cited in AI-generated answers; the most-quoted source in the GEO category.

  3. Zero-Click Search forecasts· Gartner

    Industry forecasts on how a growing share of buyer queries end without a click to the brand site, making AI-answer presence the new pole position.

  4. Audience intelligence analyses· SparkToro

    Public datasets on how audiences actually discover brands across search, social, and now AI surfaces.

  5. Trust Barometer (2024)· Edelman

    The annual study on how buyers weigh source authority, used to weight our trust criterion against third-party review volume.

Disclosure + methodology

GrowthManager.ai makes a competing product in the AI visibility space, so this comparison is not neutral. Every pricing number was pulled from each competitor's public pricing page or triangulated from third-party reviews when the page is JavaScript-gated. Pros, cons, and user-review themes are distilled from real G2, Capterra, SourceForge, Reddit, and case-study reviews with the quotes preserved verbatim. We update this comparison whenever the underlying data changes.